ElectraFlyer-C Concept Airplane Flying
Randall Fishman, the principal of Electraflyer, manufacturer of the Electraflyer Trike ($18,385 complete), a legal ultralight sporting a battery-powered electric engine is currently...
AveoFlash LED Aircraft Lighting Dazzles
It's not often that I see a product that just stops me in my tracks, but upon entering Hangar B, I was like a...
Dunham Makes the Most of AirVenture
It’s hard to say who was having more fun at comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s show at AirVenture's Theater in the Woods on Wednesday night: Dunham...
Small Wonders at the Seaplane Base
It's Thursday at AirVenture and the weather is great so, with feet worn out through hiking the booths and flight lines, I took the...
Garmin Expands Pilot My-Cast Features
Garmin's subsidiary Digital Cyclone has upgraded its cellphone-based weather delivery system, Pilot My-Cast, expanding both the types of cellphones supported, and the weather products...
30,000th Homebuilt Certified
On July 31, in AeroShell Square, during the 2008 EAA AirVenture show, Acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell allowed EAA President Tom Poberezny to award...
Continental News: Cool Stuff Now, Lots More To Come
In the Continental tent, back behind the vinyl wall separating the unwashed masses from the journalistic elite—that’s a joke; we were just as hot...
Oshkosh's New Tower a Boon for Airshow Fliers and Controllers
Standing tall at 141 feet above Wittman Field is AirVenture's newest and tallest, and most useful structure, a new air traffic control tower, and...
Batteries Not Required – Lightspeed Zulu:P
Lightspeed Aviation announced its newest iteration of the Zulu ANR headset—the Zulu:P. Running from panel power instead of two AA batteries, the Zulu:P uses...
Jump the Gun on Lightspeed's Trade-up Options
Lightspeed Aviation's upgrade and trade-up options are midway through their 2008 rollout. Option A is a direct rebate program that allows you to upgrade...
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Light Stuff
Roy Beisswenger discusses a rational path for owners of sport aircraft to become commercially rated.
Wanted: Engine Competition
Imagine a time not too long ago when pilots embarking on the delicious endeavor to build their own airplanes could consider multiple sources for just about any engine on the menu.
